East Bengal Football Club is an Indian professional association football club based in Kolkata. The club was formed in Kolkata in 1920.
East Bengal have won the League championship three times, and the Federation Cup eight times.
| {{align|center|Results of league and cup competitions by season}} |
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Federation Cup {{efn-ua|Until 2016-17. Indian Super Cup from 2017-18. | Super Cup | Asia | Round reached | Name | Goals |
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| League | Top goalscorer |
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| 1996-97 | Div 1 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 36 | 3rd | W | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Raman Vijayan | 9 |
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| 1997-98 | Div 1 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 31 | 2nd | RU | W | Asian CWC | R2 | Bhaichung Bhutia | 8 |
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| 1998-99 | Div 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 10 | 45 | 2nd | RU | {{sort dash}} | Asian Cup | R1 | Raman Vijayan | 10 |
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| 1999-2000 | Div 1 | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 25 | 21 | 32 | 7th | Not Held | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Willie Brown
Ossius Luiz Ferreira
Dipankar Roy | 4 |
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| 2000-01 | Div 1 | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 9 | 46 | 1st | Not Held | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Omolaja Olalekan | 8 |
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| 2001-02 | Div 1 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 23 | 36 | 5th | R-16 | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Omolaja Olalekan | 7 |
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| 2002-03 | Div 1 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 22 | 49 | 1st | QF | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Mike Okoro | 17 |
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| 2003-04 | Div 1 | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 37 | 13 | 49 | 1st | QF | RU | AFC Cup | QF | {{align|left|Cristiano Júnior}} | 15 |
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| 2004-05 | Div 1 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 16 | 43 | 3rd | QF | {{sort dash}} | AFC Cup | Group | Bhaichung Bhutia | 9 |
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| 2005-06 | Div 1 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 31 | 2nd | QF | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Bhaichung Bhutia | 12 |
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| 2006-07 | Div 1 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 5th | QF | W | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Edmilson | 13 |
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| 2007-08 | IL | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 19 | 6th | W | {{sort dash}} | AFC Cup | Group | Edmilson | 8 |
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| 2008-09 | IL | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 31 | 26 | 28 | 6th | SF | RU | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sortname|Yusif|Yakubu}} | 11 |
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| 2009-10 | IL | 26 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 31 | 31 | 9th | W | {{sort dash}} | AFC Cup | Group | {{sortname|Yusif|Yakubu}} | 9 |
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| 2010-11 | IL | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 51 | 2nd | W | RU | AFC Cup | Group | {{sortname|Tolgay|Özbey}} | 17 |
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| 2011-12 | IL | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 51 | 2nd | RU | W | AFC Cup | Group | Tolgay Özbey | 18 |
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| 2012-13 | IL | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 18 | 47 | 3rd | W | {{sort dash}} | AFC Cup | SF | Chidi Edeh | 18 |
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| 2013-14 | IL | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 43 | 2nd | Group | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Chidi Edeh | 9 |
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| 2014-15 | IL | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 28 | 29 | 4th | Group | {{sort dash}} | AFC Cup | Group | {{align|left|Ranti Martins}} | 17 |
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| 2015-16 | IL | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 3rd | QF | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{align|left|Ranti Martins}} | 12 |
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| 2016-17 | IL | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 15 | 33 | 3rd | SF | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Willis Plaza | 9 |
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| 2017-18 | IL | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 33 | 4th | RU{{efn-ua|Indian Super Cup}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Dudu Omagbemi | 8 |
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| 2018-19 | IL | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 42 | 2nd | Walkover given by East Bengal due to protest citing unfair treatment to I-League clubs along with six other clubs.[1]}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Jobby Justin
Enrique Esqueda | 9 |
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{{notelist-ua}}| {{align|center|East Bengal FC - IFA Seasons [2]}} |
| Season | Division | P | W | D | L | Pts | Pos | Top Goalscorer in CFL | Goals | IFA Shield |
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| 1920 | |{{sort dash}}| |{{sort dash}}| |{{sort dash}}| |{{sort dash}}| |{{sort dash}}| |{{sort dash}}| |{{sort dash}}| |{{sort dash}}| |{{sort dash}} |
| 1921 | 2nd Div | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 34 | 3rd | na | na | 2nd Round |
| 1922 | 2nd Div | 24 | na | na | na | na | 2nd | R Dutta | 9 | 2nd Round |
| 1923 | 2nd Div | 24 | na | na | na | na | 10th | Mona Dutta | na | 1st Round |
| 1924 | 2nd Div | 24 | na | na | na | 37 | 1st {{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} {{efn-ua|Joint Champions with Cameroons B, since Cameroons A already in 1st Div, East Bengal FC were promoted}} | Mona Dutta | na | 2nd Round |
| 1925 | 1st Div | 16 | 8 | na | na | na | 4th | Mona Dutta | 9 | 3rd Round |
| 1926 | 1st Div | 16 | na | na | na | na | 6th | J. Sarkar | na | 1st Round |
| 1927 | 1st Div | 16 | na | na | na | na | 6th | J. Sarkar
Surjo Chakraborty | na | 2nd Round |
| 1928 | 1st Div | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10th {{Down-arrow|alt=relegated}} | Mona Dutta | na | na |
| 1929 | 2nd Div | na | na | na | na | na | 2nd | Surjo Chakraborty | 15 | na |
| 1930 | Indian teams forfeited due to Satyagraha movement}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} |
| 1931 | 2nd Div | 22 | na | na | na | 37 | 1st {{Up-arrow|alt=promoted}} | Surjo Chakraborty | 15 | 1st Round |
| 1932 | 1st Div | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 2nd | Surjo Chakraborty
Majid | 9 | 1st Round |
| 1933 | 1st Div | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 2nd | Majid | 9 | 1st Round |
| 1934 | 1st Div | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 8th | Majid | 6 | 1st Round |
| 1935 | 1st Div | 20 | na | na | na | na | 2nd | Ramana | 8 | 1st Round |
| 1936 | 1st Div | 20 | na | na | na | na | 2nd | Laxminarayan | 9 | 1st Round |
| 1937 | 1st Div | 20 | na | na | na | na | 2nd | Murgesh | 16 | 1st Round |
| 1938 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 4th | Murgesh | 7 | 3rd Round |
| 1939 | East Bengal had a fall-out with IFA and they boycotted the league.}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} |
| 1940 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 4th | Somana | 9 | 3rd Round |
| 1941 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 2nd | Somana | 24 | 4th Round |
| 1942 | 1st Div | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 1st | Somana | 26 | Runners |
| 1943 | 1st Div | 24 | na | na | na | 37 | 2nd | Somana | 19 | Champions |
| 1944 | 1st Div | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 34 | 3rd | Sunil Ghosh | 13 | Runners |
| 1945 | 1st Div | 24 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 39 | 1st | Fred Pugsley | 21 | Champions |
| 1946 | 1st Div | 24 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 43 | 1st | Swamy Nayaar | 36 | Not Held {{efn-ua>Not held due to communal riots of 1946}} |
| 1947 | Not held due to communal riots of 1947}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Runners |
| 1948 | 1st Div | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 3rd | P.B.A. Saleh | 10 | 4th Round |
| 1949 | 1st Div | 26 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 1st | Abid | 22 | Champions |
| 1950 | 1st Div | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 45 | 1st | K.P. Dhanaraj | 18 | Champions |
| 1951 | 1st Div | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 2nd | K.P. Dhanaraj
P. Venkatesh | 11 | Champions |
| 1952 | 1st Div | 26 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 40 | 1st | K.P. Dhanaraj | 10 | 3rd Round |
| 1953 | League abandoned midway due to riots in Kolkata}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | Runners |
| 1954 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 3rd | Ahmed Khan | 9 | DNP |
| 1955 | 1st Div | 26 | na | na | na | 35 | 3rd | na | na | 2nd Round |
| 1956 | 1st Div | 26 | na | na | na | 40 | 2nd | Musa | 10 | 1st Round |
| 1957 | 1st Div | 26 | na | na | na | 42 | 2nd | Musa | 8 | Semi Finals |
| 1958 | 1st Div | 28 | na | na | na | 40 | 3rd | K.P. Dhanaraj | 7 | Champions |
| 1959 | 1st Div | 28 | 21 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 2nd | Tulsidas Balaram | 23 | Runners |
| 1960 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 3rd | D. Kannan | na | Semi Finals |
| 1961 | 1st Div | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 1st | Tulsidas Balaram | 23 | Champions {{efn-ua|Joint Champions with Mohun Bagan|name=JMB}} |
| 1962 | 1st Div | 28 | na | na | na | 40 | 2nd {{efn-ua|Mohun Bagan won the play-off match 2-0}} | Sunil Nandi | 9 | 3rd Round |
| 1963 | 1st Div | 28 | na | na | 3 | 46 | 2nd | na | na | 2nd Round |
| 1964 | 1st Div | 28 | na | na | na | na | 2nd | Ashim Moulik | 20 | Shield final abandoned}} |
| 1965 | 1st Div | 28 | na | na | na | na | 2nd | Ashim Moulik | na | Champions |
| 1966 | 1st Div | 28 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 1st | Parimal Dey | 19 | Champions |
| 1967 | 1st Div | 28 | na | na | na | 47 | 2nd | Parimal Dey | 10 | Runners |
| Both League and IFA Shield was abandonded}} | 1st Div | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} |
| 1969 | 1st Div | 20 | na | na | na | 34 | 2nd | Ashok Chatterjee | 11 | Runners |
| 1970 | 1st Div | 23 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 1st | Swapan Sengupta | 14 | Champions |
| 1971 | 1st Div | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1st | Shyam Thapa | 14 | Semi Finals |
| 1972 | 1st Div | 19 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 1st | Md. Akbar | 17 | Champions |
| 1973 | 1st Div | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 1st | Subhash Bhowmick | 24 | Champions |
| 1974 | 1st Div | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 36 | 1st | Md. Akbar
Surajit Sengupta | 14 | Champions |
| 1975 | 1st Div | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1st | na | na | Champions |
| 1976 | 1st Div | 22 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 2nd | na | na | Champions {{efn-ua | name=JMB} |
| 1977 | 1st Div | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1st | Ranjit Mukherjee | 18 | Runners |
| 1978 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 2nd | na | na | Semi Finals[3] |
| 1979 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 2nd | Shabbir Ali | 23 | Runners |
| League and Shield both abandoned due to 16th August, 1980 Eden Gardens tragedy.}} | 1st Div | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} | {{sort dash}} |
| 1981 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 3rd | Jamshid Nassiri | 18 | Champions |
| 1982 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 1st | na | na | Semi Finals |
| 1983 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 2nd | na | na | Champions |
| 1984 | 1st Div[4] | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 65 | 2nd | Debasish Roy | 22 | Champions |
| 1985 | 1st Div | 28 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 71 | 1st | Jamshid Nassiri | 17 | Semi Finals[5] |
| 1986 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 2nd | Emeka Ezeugo | 14 | Champions |
| 1987 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 1st | Chima Okorie | 26 | Semi Finals |
| 1988 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 1st | na | na | Not Held |
| 1989 | 1st Div | na | na | na | na | na | 1st | Chima Okorie | 27 | Semi Finals |
| 1990 | 1st Div | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 2nd[6] | Chima Okorie | 9 | Champions[7] |
| 1991 | 1st Div | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 1st[8] | Kuljit Singh | 10 | Champions |
| 1992 | 1st Div | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | East Bengal were deducted five points for using an over-age player in three matches.}} | 3rd[9] | na | na | Not Held |
| 1993 | 1st Div | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 1st[10] | Sanjay Majhi | 12 | Semi Finals |
| 1994 | 1st Div | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 46 | 2nd[11] {{efn-ua|Mohun Bagan won the title on fewer goals conceded.}} | Bhaichung Bhutia | 14 | Champions |
| 1995 | 1st Div | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 1st[12] | Nima Bhutia | 8 | Champions |
| 1996 | 1st Div | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 42 | 1st[13] | Tausif Jamal | 6 | Semi Finals |
| 1997 | 1st Div | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 2nd[14] | na | na | Champions[15] |
| 1998 | 1st Div | 13 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 1st[16] | Dipendu Biswas | 8 | Runnners[17] |
| 1999 | 1st Div | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1st[18] | na | na | Semi Finals |
| 2000 | 1st Div | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 1st[19] | Dipendu Biswas | 4 | Champions |
| 2001 | 1st Div | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 2nd[20] | Omolaja Olaleken | 8 | Champions [21] |
| 2002 | 1st Div | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 1st[22] | Mike Okoro | 12 | Champions [23] |
| 2003 | 1st Div | 16 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 41 | 1st[24] | Mike Okoro | 10 | Runners [25] |
| 2004 | 1st Div | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 39 | 1st[26] | Douglas da Silva | 9 | Semi Finals [27] |
| 2005 | 1st Div | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 2nd[28] | Syed Rahim Nabi | 8 | Semi Finals [29] |
| 2006 | 1st Div | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 1st[30] | Alvito D'Cunha | 4 | Group Stage[31] |
| 2007 | 1st Div | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 2nd[32] | Edmilson Marques Pardal | 12 | Not Held |
| 2008 | 1st Div | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 3rd [33] | Parveen Kumar | 4 | Group Stage[34] |
| 2009 | 1st Div | 15 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 3rd | Budhiram Tudu | 10 | Group Stage[35] |
| 2010 | 1st Div | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 43 | 1st | Penn Orji | 9 | Not Held |
| 2011 | 1st Div | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 1st | Tolgay Ozbey | 9 | Champions |
| 2012 | 1st Div | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 1st | Baljit Sahni | 14 | Runners |
| 2013 | 1st Div | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1st | Chidi Edeh | 7 | Semi Finals |
| 2014 | 1st Div | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1st | Dudu Omagbemi | 8 | {{sort dash}} |
| 2015 | 1st Div | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1st | Do Dong-hyun | 12 | {{sort dash}} |
| 2016 | 1st Div | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1st | Do Dong-hyun | 4 | {{sort dash}} |
| 2017 | 1st Div | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 1st {{efn-ua|East Bengal Champions on Goal Difference}} | Willis Plaza
Suhair VP | 5 | {{sort dash}} |
| 2018 | 1st Div | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 3rd | Jobby Justin | 4 | {{sort dash}} |
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